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A RE-POST FROM BROTHER "MORE FOR LESS" ON ANOTHER SITE.....QUOTE.....Today we remember Lt Howard Carpluk Jr E-42 & FF Michael Reilly E-75 who died in the line of duty while operating at Bronx 3rd Alarm 66-33-2797 on August 27, 2006. At 1230hrs, the Bronx CO recieved a telephone alarm reporting a fire in a store at 1575 Walton Ave. E-42 arrived at 1233hrs and transmitted 10-75 for heavy smoke from the 99cent store. The building was a 1 story non-fireproof commercial building 45ft wide by 65ft deep. Fire originated 1st floor rear and quickly spread into the ceiling. Due to fire conditions a 2nd alarm was quickly transmitted. A V-shaped collapse of the 1st floor occured 21 minutes after the arrival of E-42. The collapse took place with out warning, plunging members into the collapse area. The 1st floor collapse was a result of a cellar column failure. 3rd Alarm was now transmitted. 10 members fell into the collapse area. 4 members of E-92 were immediately removed by the FAST truck. 6 members remained trapped. TL-44 Can was removed with in 4 minutes, E-75 Back-Up was removed in 43 minutes, TL-44 Officer was removed in 56 minutes, Bn-17 Chief removed in aprox 1 hour, Lt.Carpluk was removed 1 hour 21 minutes and FF Reilly was removed 1 hour 41 minutes......UNQUOTE .......CONTINUED REST IN PEACE TO BOTH BROTHERS ...NEVER FORGET !

 
Thanks to "rayyorkson" from another site..........                                                                                                                                      Mike Reilly Memorial Video
 
A sad situation. The fire reached such a heat level due to the large amount of low-quality mostly synthetic material stored in both the cellar and 1st floor. If you read the collapse dangers talked about by the great Fire Service building construction experts, like Depuy Chief Vincent Dunn and the late Professor Frank Branigan. one of the most dangerous collapses is a Column Collapse. Why? because of the amount of weight that Columns typically hold up. I visited this site a day or so after the tragic collapse as part of the FDNY Critical Incident Response Team, and the damage was extensive due to the fire load. An Automatic Sprinkler in that cellar would have a big difference, but cellars in stores and taxpayers are almost always over stocked. Any cellar or basement fire in any building is especially dangerous and very hard to fight. ORDER OF COLLAPSE DANGERS KILLING FIREFIGHTERS
word key "Freezing Rain Winter Chill" = 1. Floors 2. Roofs, 3. Walls 4. Ceilings Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired
 
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